A federal judge has smacked down Democratic senator Bob Menendez's bid to move his corruption trial dates around his Senate schedule, noting that the very request was likely a bid to impress the jury with how important he was. Obviously, the answer to that little "don't you know who I am?" bid was no. This demonstrates the sort of arrogance of power the judicial system and voters are looking at as the New Jersey Democrat seeks to maintain his political power even while facing corruption charges.  He expects a judge to alter his appointments, juries to break up their schedules or be sequestered as he goes off to vote, and sheriffs to get overtime for excessive downtime, all because he is so important, so special.  In this case, he's been accused of bribery, taking cash and campaign gifts from a Florida doctor who was scamming the Medicare system and expected Menendez to be his "protection."  He even had Harry Reid...(Read Full Post)